→ May 21, 2010
In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss the Android operating system’s rise to the number two spot behind Blackberry,and where it’s headed, Google’s possible tablet collaboration with Verizon, and they spend some time on the recent lashback against Facebook. The guys also muse on how the independent music movement is making use of web [...]
→ May 12, 2010
In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss their issues with Facebook’s F8 announcements, and what they mean for our privacy. They also discuss Skype’s upcoming group video chat feature, and Chris tells all about his new Droid Incredible. Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS (for other media players), stream it with the player below, or download the episode. [...]
→ April 27, 2010
In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris chat about Gizmodo’s next-gen iPhone scoop, Blippy inadertently revealing user’s credit card numbers, and Dell’s new killer Android and Windows Mobile smartphones, Thunder and Lightning. Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS (for other media players), stream it with the player below, or download the episode. You can email us at symbiotekpodcast@gmail.com. Discussion [...]
→ February 21, 2010
In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss Windows Phone 7 Series, Android tablets and other news from the Mobile World Congress. They also chat about Wired’s tablet interface demo, as well as the backlash from Google Buzz. Subscribe via iTunes or via RSS (for other media players), stream it with the player below, or [...]
→ January 27, 2010
Long has the tech echo-chamber spoken about how many years it’s taken for the smartphone competition to even begin to stand up to the iPhone– and for good reason– the iPhone revolutionized mobile computing. I’ll better that by saying that the iPhone completely turned mobile computing on its proverbial head. The iPhone interface was intuitive [...]
→ January 21, 2010
The open nature of the Android platform has been endlessly touted by its advocates (including us on the Symbiotek Podcast), but so far it has little to show for this other than a much more open App Store than the iPhone. The interface still has that open-source/GNU/Gnome feel to it that says screams ‘NERD’ at [...]
→ January 14, 2010
The ongoing mystery with the new batch of Android smartphones has been why, despite having multitouch capability built into the hardware and operating system, the phones still do not support multitouch gestures. This seemed passable with the Motorola Droid due to the external keyboard, but unacceptable for the NexusOne, which has no other way to [...]
→ January 11, 2010
In this episode, Devindra, Dwayne, and Chris discuss the official announcement of Google’s Nexus One phone, the increasing Apple tablet rumors, and more stories from CES. Subscribe via iTunes of RSS (for other podcast clients), or download the episode. You can email us at symbiotekpodcast@gmail.com. Discussion Highlights (03:20) Google’s Nexus One announcement (29:49) Tablets! Apple, [...]